Media Release

CA/MR/2008/03 – 7 May 2008

Board and Exec Appointments

The Coal Authority is pleased to announce that the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has appointed Dr Pauleen Lane CBE and Stephen Dingle as Non-Executive Directors and the Authority has appointed Paul Frammingham as Finance Director.

Pauleen Lane is currently Deputy Chair at English Partnerships and is an elected member of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council and was Mayor of the Borough for 2005/2006. She is a civil engineer by profession and has worked in transportation, bridge and highway design and construction.  She holds an academic post in engineering (part time) at the University of Manchester. Dr Lane was awarded a CBE in the 2005 New Year’s Honours list for services to local government.

Stephen Dingle is currently a Non-Executive Director for the Registers of Scotland and a Trustee and Honorary Treasurer of The Shakespeare Globe Trust. He is a highly experienced banker who has previously worked for NM Rothschild and Sons Ltd and subsequently became a partner and co-head of the Real Estate Finance Team at Ernst & Young advising major clients, including British Waterways, on development partnerships.  Mr Dingle joins the Board as successor to John Hawksley, whose term of office ends in September 2008.  He will also become Chair of the Authority Audit Committee. 

Paul Frammingham was Financial Controller at Babcock Networks Limited, being responsible for the finance and procurement functions of the business, and was a member of the Babcock Networks Operational Board. He previously worked for Balfour Beatty Railway Engineering and for Rolls Royce Plc.

The appointments of Pauleen Lane and Stephen Dingle take effect from 1 May 2008 and the appointment of Paul Frammingham takes effect from 6 May 2008.

Authority Chair Dr Helen Mounsey said “I am delighted that Pauleen, Stephen and Paul are bringing their wide ranging skills to the Authority.  They bring excellent track records of achievement at the highest levels of management.  They add to our strengths with their understanding and knowledge of the particular roles of non-executive and finance directors.  These appointments further broaden the skills of the Board and the Executive”.

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Note for Editors:

The Coal Authority, located at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, was established under the Coal Industry Act 1994, with responsibility for four principal functions: Licensing coal-mining operations; subsidence damage claims which are not the responsibility of the privatised successor companies or other licensed operators; dealing with property and historic liabilities such as old shafts and minewater pumping; and providing public access to information on coal-mining operations past and present.

Media contact: 

John Delaney
Corporate Affairs Manager
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Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 4RG

Tel:  01623 637000       
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Email: johndelaney@coal.gov.uk